Merrick Kitchen Comforts Small Breed Recipe Real Chicken & Brown Rice
DogDryreal deboned chicken is always the first ingredienthigh levels of glucosamine and chondroitin to provide hip and joomega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids to nourish skin and coatsmaller kibble bites, perfectly formulated for small dogsnatural with added vitamins and mineralsno potatoes, peas or lentils, or artificial colors, flavors, orproudly founded in hereford, texas, crafted in usa facilities
Confidence B
The Universal score is pet-agnostic. Fit reads the same label against one pet.
Top findings
- -40No nutritional-adequacy statement AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- +151st ingredient is named chicken — Deboned Chicken WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -15Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources — menadione NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
Why this score
Every point traces to a published rule with its source — nothing hand-adjusted, nothing sponsored.
Nutritional adequacystarted at 100, landed at 60
- -40No nutritional-adequacy statement AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
Ingredient qualitystarted at 60, landed at 85
- +151st ingredient is named chicken — Deboned Chicken WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- +8Named animal meal in the top 3 (Chicken Meal) — Chicken Meal WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- +21 whole fruits/veg/omega sources in the top 12 — flaxseed WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 90
- -15Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources — menadione NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
- +5Natural preservation system — one bonus for the class — mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract ACVN — preservative systems in pet food
Transparencystarted at 50, landed at 60
- +10Calorie content published on the label AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
Weighted total: 75
Confidence held back by: no life-stage statement
Scored alternatives
Ranked purely by score — same species, same form. Nothing here is sponsored.
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Ingredients, as printed
Ranked exactly as the label lists them — heaviest first.
- 1Deboned Chicken
- 2Chicken Meal
- 3Brown Rice
- 4Barley
- 5Oat Meal
- 6Turkey Meal
- 7Chicken Fat
- 8Salmon Meal
- 9Quinoa
- 10Natural Flavor
- 11Flaxseed
- 12Dried Yeast
- 13Miscanthus Grass
- 14Sunflower Oil
- 15Potassium Chloride
- 16Salt
- 17Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal
- 18Choline Chloride
- 19Carrots
- 20Apples
- 21MINERALS [Iron Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Proteinate, Cobalt Carbonate]
- 22Taurine
- 23Mixed Tocopherols For Freshness
- 24Salmon Oil
- 25Yucca Schidigera Extract
- 26VITAMINS [Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9), Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin D-3 Supplement]
- 27Rosemary Extract
- 28Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product
- 29Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product
- 30Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product
- 31Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 27% | 30.3% |
| Crude fat | 16% | 18% |
| Crude fiber | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Moisture | 11% | — |
Nutritional adequacy
No nutritional adequacy statement found on this label.
3709 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
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